Deadline to submit Intent to Register form: for TAP/Affiliates and Non- Harvard Cross-Registrants for Fall Semester and Fall1 Term courses

Monday, August 24

Check-in, new students (1:30 PM to 5:30 PM)

Monday, August 24 –
Friday, August 28

Orientation Programs

Wednesday,
September 2

Fall Semester and Fall1 Term courses begin

Friday, September 4

Deadline: for students to update address information on OASIS

Monday, September 7

Labor Day – a holiday

Monday,
September 14

Add/Drop/Change Deadline: Fall Semester and Fall1 Term coursesfor all degree and non-degree studentsFinal Signed Registration Printouts Due (5:00pm)

Friday,
September 25

Withdrawal Deadline: Fall1 Term Courses*

Monday, October 12

Columbus Day – a holiday

Tuesday, October 13

Deadline to Submit Intent to Register Form: for TAP/Affiliates and Non-Harvard Cross-Registrants for Fall2 Term courses

Friday, October 23

Fall1 Term courses end

Monday, October 26

Fall2 Term courses begin

Friday, October 30

GRADES DUE: Fall1 Term courses

Tuesday, November 3

November Degree Voting Date

Friday, November 6

Add/Drop/Change Deadline: Fall2 Term courses for all degree and non-degree students. Final Signed Registration Printouts Due (5:00pm)

Wednesday,
November 11

Veterans’ Day – a holiday

Friday, November 20

Withdrawal Deadline: Fall Semester and Fall2 Term courses*

Thursday, November 26 – Friday, November 27

Thanksgiving Recess

Thursday, December 3

**Registration for Spring 2010 begins

Thursday,
December 17

Deadline to Submit Intent to Register Form: for TAP/Affiliates and Non-Harvard Cross-Registrants for WinterSession Term courses

Friday, December 18

Fall Semester and Fall2 Term courses end

Monday,
December 21 –
Friday, January 1

Winter Recess

Spring 2010

Friday, January 1

New Year’s Day – a holiday

Monday, January 4

WinterSession courses begin

Monday, January 4

Add Deadline: WinterSession:for all degree and non-degree students.(Drop/Change deadline is the second day of the course)

Monday, January 4

GRADES DUE: Fall Semester and Fall2 Term courses

Monday, January 18

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – a holiday

Tuesday, January 19

Deadline to submit Intent to Register form: for TAP/Affiliates and Non-Harvard Cross-Registrants for Spring Semester and Spring1 Term courses.

Friday, January 22

WinterSession courses end

Monday, January 25

Spring Semester and Spring1 Term courses begin

Friday, January 29

GRADES DUE: WinterSession courses

Friday, February 5

Add/Drop/Change Deadline: Spring Semester and Spring1 Term courses for all degree and non-degree students
Final Signed Registration Printouts Due (5:00pm)

Monday, February 15

Presidents’ Day – a holiday

Friday, February 19

Withdrawal Deadline: Spring1 Term courses*

Tuesday, March 9

March Degree Voting Date

Friday, March 12

Spring1 Term courses end

Monday, March 15

Deadline to submit Intent to Register form: for TAP/Affiliates and Non-Harvard Cross-Registrants for Spring2 Term courses.

Monday, March 15 –
Friday, March 19

Spring Recess

Friday, March 19

GRADES DUE: Spring1 Term Courses

Monday, March 22

Spring2 Term courses begin

Friday, April 2

Add/Drop/Change Deadline: Spring2 Term coursesfor all degree and non-degree students.Final Signed Registration Printouts Due (5:00pm)

Friday, April 16

Withdrawal Deadline: Spring Semester and Spring2 Term courses*

Friday, May 14

Spring Semester and Spring2 Term courses end

Tuesday, May 18

GRADES DUE: Spring Semester and Spring2 Term courses

Thursday, May 27

Commencement

*The notation WD will be permanently noted in the student’s academic record
**Date are subject to change

2009-2010 Degree Calendar

For a diploma to be awarded on:

Degree applications are due to the Registrar’s Office on:

Dissertations are due to the Registrar’s Office on:

November 3, 2009

September 11, 2009

October 2, 2009

March 9, 2010

January 8, 2010

January 22, 2010

May 27, 2010

February 19, 2010

May 3, 2010

Academic Year Summary 2009-2010

Summer

Fall

Spring

July 1 – August 14

September 2 –
December 18

January 4 – May 14

Summer1
Term

Summer2
Term

Fall1
Term

Fall2
Term

WinterSession

Spring1
Term

Spring2
Term

July 1-
July 24

July 27 –
August 14

Sept. 2 –
Oct. 23

Oct. 26 –
Dec. 18

January 4 –
January 22

Jan. 25 –
March 12

March 22 –
May 14

Religious Holidays
According to Chapter 151c, Section 2B, of the General Laws of Massachusetts, any student in an educational or vocational training institution, other than a religious or denominational training institution, who is unable, because of his or her religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day shall be excused from any such examination or requirement which he or she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day, provided that such makeup examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon the school. No fees of any kind shall be charged by the institution for making such opportunity available to the student, and no adverse or prejudicial effect shall result to any student for availing himself or herself of these provisions.